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on the high speed in inner-city passenger rail program. i want to thank the members of this committee, the congress, and the obama administration for supporting a help the inner city passenger rail system and for supporting improved service with words and money. we are grateful for the investments from the american recovery and investment act which have provided more than $1.4 billion for illinois high- speed rail. these current investments in illinois high-speed passenger rail systems are already supporting thousands of jobs with much more on the way. we cannot do it without federal help. we need continued federal funding for high-speed rail to finish the job restarted and keep our promises to travelers and taxpayers. we ask that congress appropriate additional funds for state making these investments, including illinois in the midwest. neither illinois or the midwest would be the transportation hub of the nation that it is today and the state's diverse economic base would not exist as we know it. illinois was made the center of national
on the high speed in inner-city passenger rail program. i want to thank the members of this committee, the congress, and the obama administration for supporting a help the inner city passenger rail system and for supporting improved service with words and money. we are grateful for the investments from the american recovery and investment act which have provided more than $1.4 billion for illinois high- speed rail. these current investments in illinois high-speed passenger rail systems are...
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in favor of increasing the city's minimum wage. then the unions got on board. they pledged $100,000. but the students didn't just hand off the fight. in order to qualify for the november ballot the campaign needed 20,000 signatures. within five weeks and with the help of the labor council the students had 36,000 signatures. and when they gathered in front of the statue on their campus, a san jose state alum and olympic legend john carlos and tommy smith, they raised their fists in the air, took off their shoes and marched barefoot to deliver the signatures to city hall. they didn't stop then! their coalition grew as churches and non-profits joined in the effort. and the silicon valley chamber of commerce also took notice. they started pouring money in against the campaign. the mayor of san jose was against it, the california restaurant association was against it but the students didn't stop. they kept on fighting. and they won. the ballot measure passed with 59% of voters making san jose only the fifth city in the nation to impleme
in favor of increasing the city's minimum wage. then the unions got on board. they pledged $100,000. but the students didn't just hand off the fight. in order to qualify for the november ballot the campaign needed 20,000 signatures. within five weeks and with the help of the labor council the students had 36,000 signatures. and when they gathered in front of the statue on their campus, a san jose state alum and olympic legend john carlos and tommy smith, they raised their fists in the air, took...
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. >> here in the u.s., we've seen circuit city, the electronics store, borders, the bookstore, go out of business. largely because of competition with amazon. >> reporter: based in seattle, amazon was started in the mid-'90s to sell books online. and for years made no profit. but it soon became clear that founder jeff bezos and his notoriously secretive company had bigger plans. they started expanding in the late 1990s into videos, music, games, electronics, kitchenware, clothing, shoes, jewelry, business services, information storage. amazon turned the corner to profitability in 2002, and today, amazon is a $100 billion global company. and though bezos declined our request for an interview, he recently told "fortune" magazine's andy serwer -- >> our goal is to be the most customer obsessed company. is there someone doing some element better than we? if so, how do we improve? >> online shopping is still only 10% of total retail. >> reporter: meaning amazon in all likelihood is just getting started. ben stein told me recently he has never seen a company dominate a market quite the way
. >> here in the u.s., we've seen circuit city, the electronics store, borders, the bookstore, go out of business. largely because of competition with amazon. >> reporter: based in seattle, amazon was started in the mid-'90s to sell books online. and for years made no profit. but it soon became clear that founder jeff bezos and his notoriously secretive company had bigger plans. they started expanding in the late 1990s into videos, music, games, electronics, kitchenware, clothing,...
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only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announcer ] now all you need is a magic carriage. citi price rewind. start saving at citi.com/pricerewind. >>> a good saturday afternoon. i'm craig melvin. you are watching msnbc, the place for politics. 24 days to the cliff. what's it going to take to keep the government on track and keep the nation from going off the rails? we'll talk about that. plus, the push for marriage equality could get a huge lift from the high court. we'll examine what's next for those who want to see same-sex marriage become the law of the land. meanwhile, in egypt, they are just trying to get a functioning government off the ground. we'll go live to cairo where along with tear gas the words in the air today are martial law. >>> first, though, some developing news from south africa where nelson mandela is in the hospital right now. the former president is unde
only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announcer ] now all you need is a magic carriage. citi price rewind. start saving at citi.com/pricerewind. >>> a good saturday afternoon. i'm craig melvin. you are watching msnbc, the place for politics. 24 days to the cliff. what's it going to take to keep the government...
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alameda is the first city in the nation to do this. the drug makers argue it gives them unprecedented responsibilities and doesn't do much to deal with the huge amounts of leftover drugs. >> the nation is now one step closer to emergency texting. at&t, verizon, sprint and t mobile have agreed to rely text messages to 911 centers. they cover 90% of the population and have signed onto provide the service by may of 2014 but right now only a handful of call centers are able to receive them. trials already underway but it's still not clear how many will upgrade. >> more than 200 patient across the nation were given the early gift of mobility yesterday. its part of operation walk usa. 109 doctors provide free joint replacements to those who tonight qualify for government help or don't have health insurance. a surgical team in pleasanton participated in the program giving one santa rosa woman a hip replacement and another man a new right knee. >> i'm excited. i don't know that i -- be have absorbed it all. its going to change my whole life pe
alameda is the first city in the nation to do this. the drug makers argue it gives them unprecedented responsibilities and doesn't do much to deal with the huge amounts of leftover drugs. >> the nation is now one step closer to emergency texting. at&t, verizon, sprint and t mobile have agreed to rely text messages to 911 centers. they cover 90% of the population and have signed onto provide the service by may of 2014 but right now only a handful of call centers are able to receive...
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city, the pioneer spirit is burning brightly. entrepreneurs trading ideas, exploring concepts and much of it resolves around a handful of houses on a few beaten up blocks. where some small internet start-ups are drawing national attention. >> i can go local. >> mike farmer is the ceo of leap2, a company with a highly advances mobile search app. >> people stop by the office every day from boston, san francisco, or denver. it's fascinating. >> that must feel pretty good. >> yeah, it does. >> one big reason the companies are clustering here is that google chose this neighborhood to launch its much anticipated super high speed internet connection. 100 times faster than most internet links, google fiber allows massive video, data, and graphic files to move with astonishing feed, permitting development of whole new applications. under the plan, within the next two years, large sections of kansas city on both the kansas and missouri sides will be wired. >> this is exactly what you guys wanted. >> exactly. that's exactly it. we want loca
city, the pioneer spirit is burning brightly. entrepreneurs trading ideas, exploring concepts and much of it resolves around a handful of houses on a few beaten up blocks. where some small internet start-ups are drawing national attention. >> i can go local. >> mike farmer is the ceo of leap2, a company with a highly advances mobile search app. >> people stop by the office every day from boston, san francisco, or denver. it's fascinating. >> that must feel pretty good....